Online OnCountry artist spotlight: Warwick Keen

The 'Online OnCountry Gallery – an exhibition of Aboriginal Contemporary Artists' will celebrate the work of Aboriginal artists across NSW in a new digital format for NAIDOC Week 2020, curated and directed by UNE researchers Michael Brogan and Dr Lorina Barker. The...

montage of Indigenous works in the 'terra within' exhibition in Nowra, curated by artist Warwick Keen

Finding community in language learning

In a time of social isolation, a love of Indonesian culture and language has been providing community and camaraderie for a diverse group of online UNE learners across Australia. With learners from metropolitan Melbourne to regional Queensland and beyond, UNE...

Portrait image of Ida van Selow, a pathology nurse in Melbourne, beside a portrait image of Queensland mushroom farmer Vlad Shulyak

Supporting inclusive education in South America

Since 2015, 14,000 teachers in South America have undertaken professional development to better support inclusive practices for students with special needs in their classroom. The training continues to spread across the country of Ecuador and into Peru and...

Jeanette Berman and some teacher training staff look over a document at a professional development function

Rock art passion continues research legacy

Former UNE postgraduate student and passionate researcher, the late Di England, spent 20 years studying the Indigenous rock art of the remote Kimberley region. Di sadly passed away in 2019, although her research continues thanks to a bursary dedicated by her...

UNE archaeology PhD candidate stands in front of UNE's historic administrative building, Booloominbah House

The magic of documentary

“Sometimes, there is something magical in telling stories visually.” As a seasoned journalist, Anne Keen is used to wielding words to illuminate and inspire. But a courageous leap into filmmaking during her UNE media studies course has opened exciting new avenues...

Portrait image of Anne Keen next to a poster of her documentary 'undermining a community'

The untold stories from Nagasaki

One of the great strengths of history study is that it can throw new light on a seemingly well-trodden subject, opening up new questions about the past and its impacts on the present and future. As a child, UNE Japanese lecturer and historian Dr Gwyn McClelland was...

Dr Gwyn McClelland passes a book of of stories from the bombing of Nagasaki to a Japanese woman in Nagasaki, 2019.

Weathering success

There are individual disciplines, and then there are passions and interests that blur and merge everything together. With a passion for the environment and making real change, it's not unusual for UNE English lecturer Dr Jennifer Hamilton to collaborate closely...

Profile image of Jennifer Mae Hamilton in front of a tree

Farming for sustainable futures in Myanmar

Image: Dr Garnett (with locals) ‘inspecting’ the land for the Permaculture Institute, Myanmar (PIM) in Rakhine State, Myanmar – November, 2019. Dr Johanna Garnett is an activist researcher well known for her contributions in the field of Peace Studies, primarily...

Johanna Garnett and local farmers inspecting the site of their demonstration farm and training centre in Rakhine State, Myanmar, November 2019.

High achiever’s plan for peace

It’s not the kind of research to sit on a shelf to gather dust: instead, Sam Angulo Onapa has high hopes his newly completed PhD thesis can help end the longstanding, violent conflict in South Sudan, and assist in other conflict situations. Originally from Uganda,...

Casual portrait image of peace studies PhD candidate Sam Onapa
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